BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//icalevents.com//amr-events 3.1//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:SEXECOLOGY.ORG X-WR-CALDESC: X-WR-TIMEZONE: BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190718T010053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190718T154940Z UID:17492@http://sexecology.org URL:http://sexecology.org/on-our-backs-the-revolutionary-art-of-queer-sex-work/ SUMMARY:ON OUR BACKS: The Revolutionary Art of Queer Sex Work DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://sexecology.org/on-our-backs-the-revolutionary-ar t-of-queer-sex-work/":\nLeslie Lohman Museum26 Wooster StreetNew York\, NY 10013September 28\, 2019 – January 19\, 2020This exhibition explores the hi story of queer sex work culture\, and it’s intimate ties to art and activis m. Coined by bisexual activist\, Carol Leigh\, aka. The Scarlot Harlot in 1 978\, ‘sex work’ is broadly defined as exchanging sex or erotic services fo r gain and connotes personal agency and politicized action. More than a por trait of life at the margins\, what emerges in this exhibit is a demonstrat ion of queer and transgender sex workers’ deep community building\, creativ e organizing\, self-empowerment\, identity/desire affirmation and healing a nd the use of pornography as a deft tool for queer and trans liberation.Cur ated by Alexis Heller\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
Leslie Lohman Museum
26 Wooster Street
New York\, NY 10013
September 28\, 2019 – January 19\, 2020
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his exhibition explores the history of queer sex work culture\, and it’s in
timate ties to art and activism. Coined by bisexual activist\, Carol Leigh\
, aka. The Scarlot Harlot in 1978\, ‘sex work’ is broadly defined as exchan
ging sex or erotic services for gain and connotes personal agency and polit
icized action. More than a portrait of life at the margins\, what emerges i
n this exhibit is a demonstration of queer and transgender sex workers’ dee
p community building\, creative organizing\, self-empowerment\, identity/de
sire affirmation and healing and the use of pornography as a deft tool for
queer and trans liberation.
Curated by Alexis Heller